The majority of workers compensation settlements fit into this category. These involve injuries which may be quite severe and further involve some type of permanent restrictions on the worker’s ability to return to suitable employment. Because of the worker’s young age, work skills, education, and ability to retrain, the worker will be told to return to work with restrictions rather than being told to retire.
Some of the key questions that a North Carolina injured worker attorney will review with employees in this type of settlement case are:
- What are Medicare Set Asides and why are they potentially important to my case?
- What are the pressures from rehabilitation professionals? Rehabilitation professionals work for the insurance company and want to get the worker back to work as soon as possible. Employees need to do what’s right for them.
- North Carolina recently revised its workers compensation laws in June of 2011. What revisions should I know such as the new worker’s compensation laws?
- Can you provide an example of a typical worker’s compensation case in this partial permanent and temporary disability cases?
- What are work capacity and permanent restrictions?
North Carolina Lawyer Joe Miller Explains Partial and Temporary Disability
Injured North Carolina employees can have a permanent disability which prevents them from ever working, a partial permanent disability which does not fully prevent the employee from returning to work or an injury which does heal. Before considering a settlement, claimants should review the type of disability or work injury they have with a skilled North Carolina worker’s compensation attorney. Joe Miller Esq. has helped thousands of workers for over 25 years. He can explain how settlements work for each type of injury. Please call attorney Joe Miller today at 888-694-1671 for an appointment or complete my online form.
